Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed ...

Pierre-Simon Laplace was among the most influential scientists in history. Often referred to as t...

Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed ...

This vividly illustrated book introduces the reader to the brothers Montgolfier, who launched the...

This vividly illustrated book introduces the reader to the brothers Montgolfier, who launched the...

From the 1770s through the 1820s the French scientific community predominated in the world to a d...

By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although sci...

Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science ...

A collection of essays of enduring interest in the history of science by Charles Coulston Gillisp...